The Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah and Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud with Qatar University President Professor Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad at the Qatar University’s male graduation ceremony held at Qatar National Convention Center yesterday.
DOHA: Two hundred and forty (240) male graduates and postgraduates of Qatar University received their degrees in a ceremony at the Qatar National Convention Center yesterday.
The ceremony was held in the presence of the Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority, H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah.
Of the total, 33 students graduated with honours, with three achieving GPA 3.94 and above. They were mechanical engineering major Mutaz Garbas Elbeh who achieved GPA 4, Ahmed Ali Al Kuwari (GPA 3.95, electrical engineering) and Basel Yahya Mismar (GPA 3.94, accounting).
At Bachelor’s level were 226 students with College of Engineering leading with 83, College of Business and Economics 62, College of Arts and Sciences 42, College of Shariah and Islamic Studies 17, College of Law 13, and College of Education 9.
Master’s-level students comprised 6 MBAs, 4 M.Eng in Engineering Management, 2 M.Ed in Educational Leadership, and 2 M.Eng in Computing.
The ceremony also saw the first batch of graduating students from the Master’s in Engineering Management programme and the Honours Programme.
Keynote speaker College of Law professor and recipient of the State Incentive Award Dr Hassan Al Sayed traced his journey to the legal profession from his first interest in law as a young boy and his inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi.
“My admiration was not only for his wisdom and pure principles, but because he studied law too,” he said. He further talked about his studies in Kuwait which had to be stopped briefly during the war, then to Jordan for his Master’s, and further to the University of East Anglia in the UK where he gained his PhD.
“It was more than 10 years of incidents and experiences, some of which were filled with concern, confusion and despair, and at other times, full of the euphoria of success and excellence,” Dr Al Sayed recalled.
He urged the students to continue to follow their dreams and to always do the best in all their endeavours.
“You are Qatar’s future and will be the next leaders who will help to further advance the country’s development and its international reputation. Congratulations on successfully completing this journey – I know that you will continue to succeed in all you set out to accomplish.”
Valedictorian Ahmad Ali Al Kuwari, electrical engineering major and one of the top achieving students, congratulated his colleagues, saying, “Your hard work and determination through this academic journey had paid off and now you are ready to contribute your knowledge, experience and skills to Qatar’s progress.”
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